The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1887-07-04
LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA.
Los Angeles and its Surroundings
count Of the Boom.

To me Editor ofhhe Hetald.
promised you a letter about Los
Angeles. hardly know what to write,
as everything here is so delightful
The climate Of this Getty Of the An.
gels and surrounding country is we'll
nigh perfect, and people from all quar-
tiers Of the habitable world are enthusi-
astic in its praise, especially those who
arrived here with broken health or shat
tered constitutions and have been bene-
fited by its mild temperature. The
heat during the day is similar to that Of
Honolulu, bot the nights are decidedly
colder, frequently necessitating the
wearing of an overcoat If out, and the
use Of blankets on the bed; but il is
dry ard the erervating effects of the
days heat are csurterbalauced by the
cold Of the night, and the physical and
mental powers remain unimpaired.
The soil is rich, siiicious and loamy
over a subsoil Of gravel OF clay; where
live the surface Ivan is nine feet
deep. As fruit producing country, it
is impossible to limit its resources;
apples, pears, nuts, plums, grapes,
guavas, loquats, ounces, oitfons, pome-
granates, lines, figs, cherries, berries,
curran,s, etc, are grown here in great
abundance and good quality. Palms,
roses, ferns, vignonias, cactus, aloes,
crinums, the island crimson creeper,
etc, ETC., are also seen. Almost every.
thing will grow, and with such wlsteful
luxuriance as to cause astonishmcnt to
those not accustomed to such a pro
fusion Of the higher plants
We have good roads and pleasant
drives in all directions and to suit all
tastes, and just outside the city limits
are hills, on which arc built pretty vii
lagos as suburban residences. This
booming city has a population Of about
90, 900, is rapidly developing, and but
a little while is required to make it an
important and large city; il contains
many very handsome business blocks,
capacious hotels and other buildings
Building is being pushed on with won.
derful rapidity and no mechanic OF
laborer need want for work. One o
the finest pieces OF architecture, is III,
Tines newspaper Office.
Business OF all kinds is booming and
increasing, but the business is rea
estate; agents for which are at every
other house. Everybody, even the
women, are land spectators, and the
talk Of the town is the changing owner
ship and valuation of lands.
Prices vary according to location ano
uses Of the land. Citron lands realiz,
Ssoo and upwards per acre. Som,
good lands are from $50 and even less
at greater distances il can be purchased
in large tracts, at rates sufficiently low
to allow Of reasonable profits to tn,
specializing purchasers. Every few
days, there are excursions and auction
sales, near the city, to which not onl,
men, but women in great numbers g
to bid and buy.
The McDufie Bros, formerly o
Honolulu, discovered marble about Io'
miles from here, and have secured 70
themselves several hundred acres, be
sides forming a marble company; the!
also do a business in locating people
on government lands near their own
Dr. Hagan is very popular here, ant
| have heard il remarked, both in th'
city and outside, that the public ow,
him more than his salary as healtl
officer, for bis efficient services during
the smallpox "scare," which by-the-wa,
was much exaggerated, the majority o
the cases being among the Mexicans
There are several island folks here
all of whom profess TO be doinI
we'll and are well satisfied with tn,
country. Aloha nui, I. S. S.
Los Angeles. June q. 1887.